[PHOTOS] Girl Has 80 Worms Removed From Her Ear

A four-year-old girl has had 80 worms removed from her ear after an insect attracted to foul smells and dirty conditions entered the orifice.

Radhika Mandloi, from a small village in Dhar, in central India, had started to suffer great pain and itching in her left ear. At first, her parents thought she was over reacting.

But when she started crying unceasingly they finally took her to MY Hospital in Indore.

Dr Raj Kumar Mundra, head of the ear, nose and throat department at the hospital, gave her a full examination and was shocked to find an insect called Genus Chrysomya inside her ear, which had laid nearly 80 eggs.

Dr Mundra said: "I was very shocked to see so many eggs. This type of bug is attracted to foul smells and extremely unhygienic conditions. And as the ears and nose are areas most vulnerable and open they enter and lay eggs.

 The girl had to endure two sittings to remove the 80 worms, each lasting nearly 90 minutes.

Dr Mundra said that several MRI scans ensured the worms had not entered the brain but if she had been left another week the condition could have been deadly.